MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 97019344
003 DLC
005 20060718193210.0
008 970415s1997 ne ab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97019344
020 $a0444882650
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aQH541.5.T8$bP65 1997
082 00 $a577.5/86$221
245 00 $aPolar and alpine tundra /$cedited by F.E. Wielgolaski.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York :$bElsevier,$c1997.
300 $ax, 920 p. :$bill., maps ;$c27 cm.
440 0 $aEcosystems of the world ;$v3
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION -- by F.E. Wielgolaski -- Chapter 2. ADAPTATION IN PLANTS -- by F.E. Wielgolaski -- Chapter 3. ADAPTATIONS TO THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT IN INSECTS AND OTHER TERRESTRIAL ARTHROPODS -- by L. Semme -- Chapter 4. FENNOSCANDIAN TUNDRA -- by F.E. Wielgolaski -- Chapter 5. TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS OF ICELAND -- by T.E. Th6rhallsd6ttir -- Chapter 6. THE HIGH-MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS OF THE ALPS -- by G. Grabherr -- Chapter 7. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF SUBALPINE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CARPATHIANS -- by K.A. Malinovsky -- Chapter 8. GEOGRAPHY AND ORGANIZATION OF HIGH-MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS IN THE FORMER USSR -- by R.I. Zlotin -- Chapter 9. ALPINE VEGETATION TYPES OF THE CENTRAL HIMALAYA -- by G. Miehe -- Chapter 10. HIGH-MOUNTAIN AREAS OF TROPICAL AFRICA -- by O. Hedberg -- Chapter 11. ALPINE TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN AFRICA -- by D.J.B. Killick -- Chapter 12. NORTH AMERICAN ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS -- by J.S. Campbell -- Chapter 13. ECOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICAN PARAMOS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FAUNA OF THE VENEZUELAN PARAMOS -- by A. Diaz, J.E. Pfaur and P. Durant. -- Chapter 14. NEW ZEALAND ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS -- by A.F. Mark and K.J.M. Dickinson -- Chapter 15. TUNDRA DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- OF SVALBARD -- by A. Elvebakk -- Chapter 16. ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS IN RUSSIA -- by Yu.I. Chernov and N.V. Matveyeva -- Chapter 17. LIVE AND DEAD RESERVES AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN POLAR DESERT, TUNDRA AND FOREST TUNDRA OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION -- by N.I. Bazilevich and A.A. Tishkov -- (in cooperation with G.E. Vilchek) -- Chapter 18. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN PLANTS OF THE POLAR BELT OF RUSSIA -- by N.I. Bazilevich -- Chapter 19. ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTH AMERICA -- by L.C. Bliss -- Chapter 20. GREENLAND -- by J. Bcher and P.M. Petersen -- Chapter 21. ANTARCTIC TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- by H. Kanda and V. Komarkov -- SYSTEMATIC LIST OF GENERA.
650 0 $aTundra ecology.
700 1 $aWielgolaski, F. E.,$d1931-
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/97019344.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0602/97019344-d.html